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^ Byzantine Crown
Theexquisitely
craftedByzantinecrown
isofparticularvalue,asit
ismadeofgoldleafthat
datesbacktobetween
1042and1050.Thegold
leafisdecoratedwith
allegoriesoftheGreat
Virtues,which
werepopularin
Byzantineart.
& Mozart's Clavichord
Thistravellingclavichordwasboughtforthe
youngWolfgangAmadeusMozartbyhisfather,
LeopoldMozart.Itwasusedbythechildprodigyto
practiceuponduringtheirconcerttours.
Key
1stFloor
2ndFloor
* Processional
Crucifix
Theuseofcruciixeson
altarsbecamewidepread
intheWesternChurchin
the12thcentury.Thiscru-
ciix (left) fromSzerecseny
datesfromthatperiod.A
similarpieceliesinthe
StStephenMuseumin
Székesfehérvár;thetwo
arelikelytohavebeen
madeinthesamework-
shop.InHungary,many
suchcruciixeswere
foundinchurches
destroyedduringthe
Tatarinvasionin1241.
(
Throne Carpet
MadeinFlorence
duringtheRenais-
sanceatthe
requestofKing
Mátyás,thethrone
carpet (below) carries
thecoatofarmsof
Mátyás,Hungaryand
Dalmatia,andtheraven
oftheHunyadifamily.
Thisistheonlyoneofits
kindremaininginHungary.
Ferenc and István
Széchenyi
Itisuncertainwhether
theNationalMuseum
wouldhaveexistedatall
withoutthevastcollec-
tionofartandartifacts
donatedin1802by
CountFerencSzéchényi,
whoalsoestablishedthe
NationalLibrary.His
equallyillustriousson,
CountIstvánSzéchenyi,
isregardedasoneof
thegreatestHungarians.
Anaristocraticpolymath,
Istvánwroteseveral
treatisesfortheuplift-
mentofpeasants,
advocatedlandreform,
dabbledinrevolutionary
politicsandevenpaidfor
thecountry'sirstrail-
way,fromPesttoVác.
) Campaigning in
Front of the
National Museum
Asthetitlesuggests,this
pre-Secessionpaintingby
FriedrichWeissdepicts
thepoliticalcampaigning
ofreformistsandcon-
servativesbetween1847
and1848.Itillustrates
thefactthatartforms
inthatperiodtendedto
depictgreatevents.
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